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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Restaurant founder Yu Shuang (1st, R), visually impaired Yang Demin (2nd,R), physically disabled He Ning (3rd, R) and visually impaired Zhi Ming (4th, R) make dumplings in the kitchen of Trojan Fairy on the occasion of winter solstice in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impair

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Restaurant founder Yu Shuang (L) instructs as diners try to read and write Braille at the restaurant in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhi Ming (L) and Yang Demin, both visually impaired employees, perform at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhi Ming, a visually impaired employee, makes dumplings in the kitchen of Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows diners preparing to enter Trojan Fairy under the guidance of an usher in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023 (above) and a view of diners entering Trojan Fairy under the guidance of an usher, captured with a thermal imaging camera, in Beijing, Dec. 24, 2023 (below). At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken by a thermal imaging camera shows a waiter serving dishes at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken by a thermal imaging camera shows diners trying to touch each other's finger in the complete dark at Trojan Fairy in complete darkness in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to hel

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken by a thermal imaging camera shows people dining at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and

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China's Oct.-Dec. GDP grows 10.7% on year, 2009 GDP up 8.7%

BEIJING, China - Shoppers walk past a clothing store in a shopping district of Beijing, China, on Jan. 19, 2010. China said on Jan. 21 its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7% for 2009.

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006.

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006.

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Sato, Nixon talk in Washington in 1969

TOKYO, Japan - This Nov. 19, 1969 file photo shows then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting at the White House. Sato's son said Dec. 22, 2009 that a document signed by Sato and Nixon on a secret bilateral security pact has been preserved.

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Panasonic completes new plasma panel plant in Amagasaki

OSAKA, Japan - This photo, taken on Dec. 19, 2009, shows Panasonic Corp.'s new plasma display panel plant (front) in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. A ceremony of completion for the company's third Amagasaki plant, which is capable of producing the world's largest PDPs, measuring 330 cm by 190 cm, was held on Dec. 22, 2009.

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronauts Soichi Noguchi (R) and Satoshi Furukawa wave after a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to Noguchi's departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. Noguchi will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, while Furukawa, who is scheduled to start his mission at the station in 2011, will be Noguchi's backup.

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves after a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to his departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. He will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi speaks at a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to his departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. He will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010.

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2 climbing companions of ex-F1 driver Katayama found dead

GOTEMBA, Japan - Former Formula One racing driver Ukyo Katayama speaks to reporters in front of the Gotemba police station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Dec. 19, 2009, after seeing the bodies of his two climbing companions. Katayama and his company's employees Eiichi Usami and Toshio Horikawa began climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji on Dec. 17 but were stranded on the mountain.

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010.

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Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coastal area

NAGOYA, Japan - Young people play with snow from the hedges of Nagoya Castle in Nagoya on Dec. 19, 2009. Heavy snow covered the Sea of Japan coastal area as a strong cold front remains in the atmosphere above northern and western Japan.

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Chinese president in Macao for 10th anniversary of handover

MACAO, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (below) is seen at a banquet in Macao on the eve of its 10th handover anniversary, while Edmund Ho (behind), chief executive of Macao, makes a speech, in Macao on Dec. 19, 2009.

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Exhibition draws protests from pro-Tibet supporters

TOKYO, Japan - Two pro-Tibet activists holding Tibetan flags rally near the Ueno Royal Museum on Dec. 19, 2009, in Tokyo's Taito Ward which is hosting a Tibetan Buddhist exhibition. Sponsors and the Tokyo museum have come under sharp criticism from such activists who say the display is politically biased because of the lack of reference to historical facts about the region.

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Hatoyama back in Japan after attending COP15 meeting in Copenhagen

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki arrive at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2009, after attending a meeting of leaders at a key U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen.

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Imperial family visits children's park in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - At Kodomonokuni, a children's park in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Emperor Akihito (behind pole) and Empress Michiko (C) met again with a pony that was sent by the president of Argentina as a gift in 1979, on Dec. 19, 2009. The imperial couple visited the nearly 100-hectare park, which was opened in commemoration of their marriage 50 years ago, with their children and grandchildren. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea wins Kyoraku Cup against Japan

NANJO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Ji Hee is tossed into the air after the team took advantage of its massive opening-day lead to win the Kyoraku Cup team event by a score of 29-19 against Japan on Dec. 5, 2009, at Ryukyu Golf club in Okinawa Prefecture.

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High European inflation symptom of deeper economic shift: economist

STORY: High European inflation symptom of deeper economic shift: economist DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Carlo Altomonte, Professor of political economics at Bocconi University in Milan 2. various of the factory 3. various of supermarket 4. various of good in shop STORYLINE: An Italian economist has said that record rates of inflation that have hit European Union (EU) member states this year are a symptom of a wider economic paradigm shift. Inflation in the 19-nation eurozone was 10 percent in November, following a record-high of 10.6 percent the month before, and the highest year-on-year price increases since the creation of the euro currency have all taken place in the last nine months. Carlo Altomonte, professor of political economics at Bocconi University in Milan, said the record price increases are part of a broad economic shift for European countries. This shift is even more extreme than that of the 2008-2009 fina

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Chinese president in Macao for 10th anniversary of handover

MACAO, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (below) is seen at a banquet in Macao on the eve of its 10th handover anniversary, while Edmund Ho (behind), chief executive of Macao, makes a speech, in Macao on Dec. 19, 2009. (Kyodo)

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'Snow' bird broods in Antarctic

ANTARCTIC, Antarctic - A snow petrel and an egg are seen in its nest set between rocks at a point some 25 kilometers south of Japan's Showa Station in the Antarctic on Dec. 19, 2009. The birds, which only inhabit the Antarctic, were busy breeding in the summertime. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Cherry blossoms blooming in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - This photo shows Taiwan cherry blossoms blooming in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 31, 2009. The Okinawa Meteorological Observatory said blooming was observed 19 days earlier than usual this year and the earliest since it began observations in 1974, adding it was the first time blossoms had been seen in December. (Photo courtesy of Okinawa Meteorological Observatory) (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on y

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on y

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006. (Kyodo)

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Sato, Nixon talk in Washington in 1969

TOKYO, Japan - This Nov. 19, 1969 file photo shows then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting at the White House. Sato's son said Dec. 22, 2009 that a document signed by Sato and Nixon on a secret bilateral security pact has been preserved. (Kyodo)

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Panasonic completes new plasma panel plant in Amagasaki

OSAKA, Japan - This photo, taken on Dec. 19, 2009, shows Panasonic Corp.'s new plasma display panel plant (front) in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. A ceremony of completion for the company's third Amagasaki plant, which is capable of producing the world's largest PDPs, measuring 330 cm by 190 cm, was held on Dec. 22, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronauts Soichi Noguchi (R) and Satoshi Furukawa wave after a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to Noguchi's departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. Noguchi will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, while Furukawa, who is scheduled to start his mission at the station in 2011, will be Noguchi's backup. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves after a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to his departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. He will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi speaks at a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to his departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. He will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. (Kyodo)

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2 climbing companions of ex-F1 driver Katayama found dead

GOTEMBA, Japan - Former Formula One racing driver Ukyo Katayama speaks to reporters in front of the Gotemba police station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Dec. 19, 2009, after seeing the bodies of his two climbing companions. Katayama and his company's employees Eiichi Usami and Toshio Horikawa began climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji on Dec. 17 but were stranded on the mountain. (Kyodo)

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010. (Kyodo)

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010. (Kyodo)

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda wearing a Santa Claus cap, poses for photographs during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009. The second eldest of the three Kameda boxing brothers said he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Imperial family visits children's park in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - At Kodomonokuni, a children's park in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Emperor Akihito (behind pole) and Empress Michiko (C) met again with a pony that was sent by the president of Argentina as a gift in 1979, on Dec. 19, 2009. The imperial couple visited the nearly 100-hectare park, which was opened in commemoration of their marriage 50 years ago, with their children and grandchildren. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Imperial family visits children's park in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) take a ride on a miniature train powered by solar energy at Kodomonokuni, a children's park in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, with their children and grandchildren on Dec. 19, 2009. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama back in Japan after attending COP15 meeting in Copenhage

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki arrive at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2009, after attending a meeting of leaders at a key U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coastal area

NAGOYA, Japan - Young people play with snow from the hedges of Nagoya Castle in Nagoya on Dec. 19, 2009. Heavy snow covered the Sea of Japan coastal area as a strong cold front remains in the atmosphere above northern and western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition draws protests from pro-Tibet supporters

TOKYO, Japan - Two pro-Tibet activists holding Tibetan flags rally near the Ueno Royal Museum on Dec. 19, 2009, in Tokyo's Taito Ward which is hosting a Tibetan Buddhist exhibition. Sponsors and the Tokyo museum have come under sharp criticism from such activists who say the display is politically biased because of the lack of reference to historical facts about the region. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea wins Kyoraku Cup against Japan

NANJO, Japan - South Korea's Lee Ji Hee is tossed into the air after the team took advantage of its massive opening-day lead to win the Kyoraku Cup team event by a score of 29-19 against Japan on Dec. 5, 2009, at Ryukyu Golf club in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)